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First Rate Sampler!
Grab this one, folks. This sampler is going to cost me some money because some of the artists are now necessary summer listening for me. I checked out all the bands and, by way of gratitude to Side One Dummy and Amazon, I'll pass it on:
1. "Requiem For A Dying Song" by Flogging Molly, the great Celtic punk rock band. This is from their "Live At The Greek Theatre" album released March 2010. A rollicking start for this great sampler.
2. "The Spirit Of Jazz" by folk-punk rockers The Gaslight Anthem from American Slang released June 2010. This month's Uncut Magazine gave this album 5 stars and declared it their album of the month. Big Cheese also gave it 5 stars.
3. "Lightning In A Bottle" by Audra Mae from her debut album "The Happiest Lamb" released May 2010. This folk rocker is the great-niece of Judy Garland and has definitely inherited the family's amazing chops. This album will be my first purchase from this sampler.
4. "Clap Your Hands" by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band", a rural blues band that calls Indiana home. This song is from "The Wages" released May 25, 2010 and immediately charting at #2 on Billboard's Blues Chart.
5. "Love It To Life" by Jesse Malin And The St. Mark's Social Disco Ghetto from "Love It To Life", their April 2010 Side One Dummy debut. Jesse Malin is a veteran punk rocker whose former bands were Heart Attack and D Generation. Seems he collaborates with Ryan Adams and has been compared to Bruce Springsteen.
6. "The Trench" by the exceptional indie rocker Chuck Ragan. This is from 2009's "Gold Country". Amazon has already gifted us with "Rotterdam" from that album. I love both songs and will purchase the album.
7. "Salt And Sand" from "White Rabbit", an independent project of Flogging Molly bassist Nathen Maxwell and The Original Bunny Gang. This folk rock song is melodic and beautiful.
8. "Heart BPM" by folk-punk rockers Fake Problems from "It's Great To Be Alive".
9. "The System" by The Black Pacific with vocalist/guitarist Jim Lindberg from the band's self-titled album to be released in September.
10. "We Are The One" by Anti-Flag from the punk-rock album "The People Or The Gun".
11. "We Are All We Have" by hardcore street punk-rockers The Casualties.
12. "Basement Royalty" by Broadway Calls on their punk-rock album "Good Views, Bad News".
13. "Describing The Sky" by Big D And The Kids Table, from this third wave ska band's "Fluent In Stroll" which is said to refer to the band's musical direction to ska, reggae, and soul.
Enjoy!
The Gateway Drug, if you're addicted to great music
Every once in a while, a record label comes along that transcends the sum of its parts. Curated by people with such passion for finding and promoting good music, you can make a safe bet on buying an album from a band for no other reason than they're on the label. The 2010 Side One Dummy sampler takes a proud place on my (virtual) mantle, alongside the all time greats: Sire's "Just Say..." series; Yep Rock's and Fat Wreck Chords' annual samplers and Hellcat's "Give Em' The Boot" series. A good sampler plays like a solid, cohesive album - but then whets your appetite for more. I highly suggest you pick this one up and discover some truly amazing artists - the styles are varied but the passion each artist puts into every delicious note remains the same.
Would love this but the usual music discrimination is in place!!
As usual I am being punished for not living in America! This is not available in the UK.
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